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Kamathipura (also spelled Kamthipura) (Marathi: कामाठीपुरा) is Mumbai's oldest and Asia's largest red-light district. 1 It was first settled after 1795 with the construction of causeways that connected the erstwhile seven islands of Bombay. Initia...

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Sonagachi is reputedly Asia's largest 1 red-light district. Sonagachi is located in Kolkata, India. Its area contains several hundred multi-story brothels and an estimated 11,000 sex workers (2012). 2 3 Sonagachi is located in North Kolkata near t...

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A girl clicks the beads on an abacus in Akankshya, a home for care and support for HIV positive clients, in New Delhi, India, July 24, 2004. The government's AIDS control agency said 60,000 Indian children have the virus, while independent organiz...

Around 90% of all children living with HIV acquired the infection from their mothers during pregnancy, birth or breastfeeding. A pregnant woman can transmit the virus to her foetus through their shared blood circulation, or a nursing mother can tr...

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Children are not only personally affected by HIV/AIDS but it is also affecting their families and their right to a parental care and affection. UNICEF finds that infection can lead children to drop out of school; infection of parents can lead chil...

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Prerana, has been accredited with several path-breaking, social interventions that address elimination of intergenerational prostitution and ensure a continuum of care for protecting children from sexual abuse and assault. Prerana has an innovativ...

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Commercial sexual exploitation of children such as the sale of children, child prostitution, child sex tourism and child pornography are prevalent all over the world. An estimated one million children (mainly girls but also a significant number of...

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As a young social worker she was planning only to take a survey. But when she saw what was happening she knew she had to stay and help. Thirteen-year-old Divya can’t remember a time when she was not scared of her mother’s customers. She dreamed of...

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It wasn’t long ago that children ran behind taxis, bringing customers to the alleys of Kamathipura, Mumbai’s famous red-light district. For the casual visitor, it was a common sight to see children of sex workers, some as young as five years old, ...

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Mumbai: Real hero Priti Patkar runs night shelters for children in Mumbai's red light areas. Her mission is to provide children with a safe haven and grooming them for a future away from prostitution. Statistics show 40 per cent of female sex work...

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of the adoption by the Human Rights Council, by its resolution 8/2 of 18 June 2008, of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 1. the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic,...

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In the heart of Mumbai, India, in a space less than two square miles, there are more than women & girls in sexual-slavery.
Girls who have dreamed of becoming wives, mothers, teachers, or textile workers, have their virginity and nearly every sh...

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New York - From living in Mumbai's red-light district, to winning a scholarship at Bard College in the US, to delivering a TEDx talk in India, to even winning a UN award, Shweta Katti's journey has been extraordinary. At the 2014 United Nations Yo...